There's a couple things you don't talk about in life, and that's race, religion and politics. I try to make sure I don't talk about politics at all.

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.

I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics.

The TUC's new slogan 'a future that works' sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even at its best it is short-sighted, muddle-through politics with no vision of a new economic model.

Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict.

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy.

I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me.

Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.

My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself.